Greetings, I am doing my first '89 Tempo/Topaz motor mount replacement. It's the one under the battery/airbox on the drivers side. I have removed the rubber part, but cannot get a good grip on the three 13mm bolts that hold the top metal half to the automatic transmission. My tools are all either...

So this weekend some friends and I are going to attempt replacement of front rotors and pads on a 2011 Mazda 2 Sport. I took the car to a mechanic a while back. He reported that there was a lot of rust on the rotors, and the pads had very little (perhaps 5%) material left. The rust is likely the...

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=305583 Heck, I could have told them that long ago.Maybe I did, It doesn't make any sense to buy a Chevy Volt. cuhulin

I have a 1989 GMC C1500 350 TBI. Has new distrubitor. Also has msd a6L. i was driving on highway about 60 mph for about 20 minutes, stopped at driveway and truck died. I seen smoke coming from under hood. I opened the hoood and the distruibutor cap was on fire. It was an accel cap and rotor. I dont...

Hello, Living in NW Chicago suburbs, I notice that in the recent years the traffic lights seem to begin working in a mode that I would call "red wave", contrary to the "green wave" system that ensures green light on all intersections to a vehicle that moves along the street with the right...

Please follow this one for a bit: I'm working on a newly acquired chopped down VW Beetle Dune Buggy. Not a pro job... obviously some guys in a backyard did it. It's a 70 chassis with a 69 Solex 30 PICT 2 carb on a 1600 74 motor. It runs a little sluggish and then the throttle picks up...

I need some help on a GM charging system, being used on an old Allis Chalmers FP40 forklift. The Allis uses an old Delco Remy 10DN alternator, which has an external regulator. The wiring harness and original electro-mechanical regulator were torn out by vandals. The local NAPA store sold me a...

I will try and keep this simple, as I have seen some similar post, but I had a few specific Questions. here are the details before the questions I have an 01 honda crv, I Put new tires on It at around 59k approximately 2 or 3 days after purchacing it. I got a good deal on micheline hydroedge at...

Can't seem to keep my 2001 Cadillac DeVille from stalling. Starts every time, but starts stalling after running for 10-30 minutes, then stalls more frequently when the engine is warmed up. Had car towed to GMC Dealer. Dealer experienced same problem - stalled when moving it from their service lot...

I bought this truck for my 13 year old to learn about engines. When we got the truck, it would start if you primed the carb, run for awhile and die. So far, we have: Rebuilt the carb Replaced plugs and wires dist. cap and rotar points oil/filter fuel pump put in an inline fuel filter

It is noticeable when our 1994 T&C van 2wd with 88,000 miles down shifts to 1st gear. We never noticed this before and lately it seems to down shifts hard to 1st. When I say hard, it's like a clunk sound. When the other gears down shift, it is not that noticable...very smooth. Other than than, no...

On the recommendation of a poster to a Porsche forum I frequent, I bought some LED dash light bulbs for my 944. Haven't tried those yet but on a whim, I also bought a pair of 1157 style LED bulbs for the '55 coupe, just to see if I could a) get some more light out of my taillights and b) reduce...

Hello, This is the 2nd post for my car, and I posted seperately cause I believe they are diiferent issues, though I may be wrong. Anyway, my car, a 2003 Camry, starts to shimmy as soon as it hits 60 MPH. I have taken it to get balanced (tried 2 places, to rule out a bad shop), yet it...

I need a little help finding some car parts for my uncle. He's looking for ignition and fuel systems for a 1987 Mercedes Benz 190 and a 1975 Mercedes Benz 450 SEL (I think). I can't seem to find these on Google (perhaps I'm not using the right search terms) and I was hoping maybe someone knows of...

Awl-- You know these pimped-out rides, where the car bounces up and down? Seems to me this is actually a very good idea, ito of terrain/snow navigation, where in highway conditions you would keep the car/truck as low as possible (greater stability/mpg's), and in snow/off-road conditions you...

Hi All: Just wondering if anyone here has a Ford Escape and gets crappy fuel economy. I recently posted here about this. Any statistics anyone has is greatly appreciated. I have an 05 Escape Limited and my wife does mostly city driving. Fuel economy is very poor. 147. - 15.0 mpg. The dealer wants...

What water cooling system stop leak do you consider best? I have tried the one with little silver or copper shavings in clear liquid. It didn't work. Then I tried the Barrs stop leak. Comes in silver bottle but it makes the radiator fluid look very brown. Several older men sai hat using about...

Hi. I remember seeing an ad about a year ago for an inexpensive fiber optic type gadget that allowed you to take pictures of inaccessible places. For example, they showed a picture of one being lowered through a spark plug hole to take digital pictures of the inside of an engine cylinder. I don't...

I realise that a V or horizontally-opposed engine can be shorter because the left and right cylinders can overlap. But is there any other advantage in not having all the cylinders in-line, assuming the same engine capacity and the same number of cylinders in either case? In the late 60s, there...

I was sent the email below about a "new method" for stealing cars. Now I know the "good guys" are not that stupid and that there is MORE to getting a key made under the conditions below. When you go to a dealer to get a key cut, I am sure they will ask for your LICENSE and VIN . What else ??? The...